Integrative Core Curriculum

Welcome to the homepage of Ithaca College's new Integrative Core Curriculum (ICC)!

This exciting new curriculum for all Ithaca College students will launch in Fall 2013. Below, you'll find a brief description of the ICC. For a more extensive summary, please click on the For Faculty and Staff link at left. Clicking on the links below or the tabs on the left side of this page directs you to more specific information about the program.

ICC Summary

The ICC is a set of common academic experiences shared by all Ithaca College students. The ICC is composed of six primary components:

A Themes and Perspectives sequence that includes a first semester Ithaca Seminar, along with coursework in the Creative Arts, Humanities, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences
A First Year Composition course and achievement of mathematics competency
Diversity, quantitative literacy, and writing intensive coursework
Twelve additional hours of complementary liberal arts coursework defined by your degree program or School (when available, see 2013-14 Ithaca College Catalog for specific details)
An integrative capstone that draws together your learning experiences
An electronic portfolio that you can use to document your learning experiences for the ICC, for your major, for prospective employers or graduate programs, and for yourself.

ICC Goals

The ICC is designed to facilitate the integration of not only a student’s curricular experiences (major, general education, electives), but also to contribute to the integration of

a student’s entire developmental experience while at Ithaca College. The goal is for all Ithaca College graduates to be: integrative thinkers, critical and analytical problem solvers,

and reflective learners.

The ICC’s goal is to produce graduates who can:

1. address a topic, issue, problem area, or human challenge using a combination of concepts, theories, and/or methods from multiple perspectives or fields of study,

2. apply concepts, theories, methods, or skills to analyze new questions or complex problems, and

3. engage in and communicate self-reflection about their learning in the Integrative Core Curriculum, their chosen major discipline, and their overall Ithaca College experience

Updates on the ICC

Draft ICC Assessment Rubrics Available on This Site: Draft ICC Assessment Rubrics for Academic Writing I, Writing Intensive, and Creative Arts, Humanities, Natural Sciences and Social Sciences perspectives are available on the documents section (left side menu) of this page.

Spring Semester 2013: ICC Assessment Rubric Team meetings in PRW066, Tuesdays from 9am-10am. Please join us if you are interested in developing assessment rubrics for the ICC.

Spring Semester 2013: ICC Electronic Learning Portfolio Process Team meetings in Six Mile Creek, Mondays 3pm-4pm. Please join us if you are interested in issues related to portfolio process and structure.

Training Opportunities: Hands on and drop in TaskStream training opportunities for faculty and staff will begin to be available just after the semester ends in May, periodically through the summer, and in August before classes begin. If your department or group wishes to have a group session, please contact icc@ithaca.edu to arrange scheduling.

Glossary

ICC: Integrative Core Curriculum (the campuswide academic program being launched in Fall 2013)

CCR: Committee on College-wide Requirements (the curricular body responsible for the ICC)

ICSM: Ithaca Seminar (the course that first semester students complete, introducing them to the ICC and to Ithaca College)

IC20/20: The overall plan to guide Ithaca College over the next seven years. ICC is just one piece of the entire IC20/20 endeavor, which also includes centers in New York and abroad, the Center for Academic Advising, the Center for Faculty Excellence, and other exciting initiatives.

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